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How to get yours: Native plant sale aims to improve Pennsylvania’s water quality

Lehigh Valley Live - Pennsylvania · July 8, 2025

Penn State Extension is selling Watershed-Friendly Native Plant Kits designed to help create more environmentally sustainable landscapes. The kits, available for purchase until Sunday, July 13, aim to reduce stormwater runoff, mitigate water...

Steele says bill to repeal Sunday hunting ban rooted in environmentalism

WESA - Pennsylvania · July 8, 2025

For more than 150 years, hunting in Pennsylvania has been widely limited on Sundays, due to “blue laws” designed to protect the day’s religious significance. But this month, a bill from Fox Chapel Democrat Mandy Steele will change that, after...

Pennsylvania Attorney General warns residents about scam targeting victims of floods, storms

WPXI - Pennsylvania · July 2, 2025

HARRISBURG — Pennsylvania Attorney General Dave Sunday is issuing a warning about a scam targeting victims of flooding and storms. A steady flow of severe storms caused severe flooding and damage throughout the commonwealth in June. Pennsylvania...

Big Beautiful Bill Act Signed Into Law, Sparks Debate Across Rural Pennsylvania

exploreVenango - Pennsylvania · July 8, 2025

Image via The White House on X. WASHINGTON, D.C. (EYT) – President Donald Trump’s One Big Beautiful Bill is now law, passed by razor-thin margins in Congress and met with mixed reactions across Pennsylvania. The sweeping legislation enacts...

There will be a buck moon over Pennsylvania. What does that mean?

Yahoo News ·

(WHTM) — A buck moon is projected to be seen on Thursday in the sky. According to the PA Department of Conservation & Natural Resources on X, on July 10, a full moon will be seen in the night sky. The DCNR said Native Americans and Europeans named...

Pennsylvania Father and Son Winemaking Team Bring Gold and Silver Medals Home to the United States from the Decanter World Wine Awards

Wine Industry Network · July 2, 2025

July 2, 2025 (Pennsylvania) — This year marks a triumphant return to the global stage for Benigna’s Creek, which became the first Pennsylvania winery ever to medal at the DWWA in 2023 with its Traminette. Over the past two years, the winemaking...

Worsening Climate Change Driving Spread Of Lyme Disease

Crooks and Liars · July 8, 2025

Emergency rooms across the country are seeing a spike in tick bite cases, according to new data from the CDC. Via ABC News: July has already seen the highest number of tick-related ER visits since 2017, with the Northeast region reporting the most...

Tar Spot Infects Corn Crops in 4 Pennsylvania Counties

Successful Farming ·

The latest Crop Protection Network map shows positive cases of tar spot have been reported in four Pennsylvania counties so far this growing season. First reported in the U.S. in 2015, there is a history of the disease in 38 Pennsylvania counties....

Philadelphia weather: Scattered severe storms push through region

FOX 29 Philadelphia - Pennsylvania ·

Severe weather across the Delaware Valley took out trees and power lines while flooding roadways. PHILADELPHIA - Tuesday has been a hot and muggy one for the Philadelphia area with high temperatures in the 90s and the oppressive heat has given way...

Environmental groups challenge Trump administration's order to keep Delco power plant open

Philly Voice · July 2, 2025

A coalition of environmental groups filed a legal challenge Friday against President Donald Trump's Department of Energy, calling its order to keep the Eddystone Power Plant in Delaware County up and running an "unlawful abuse" of power. In late...

Partnering opportunities, STEELS standards at core of inaugural regional environmental literacy Ripple Effects Convening

Williamsport Sun-Gazette - Pennsylvania ·

PHOTO PROVIDED People look at a display during the inaugural regional environmental literacy Ripple Effects Convening in June in this photo by the Middle Susquehanna Riverkeeper Association.Partnering and collaboration were among central themes of...

Pennsylvania House Republicans highlight need for affordable child care

Keystone Today - Pennsylvania · July 2, 2025

The Pennsylvania House Republicans have announced that the state's aging population and workforce present challenges for its future, emphasizing the necessity of ensuring access to quality, affordable childcare for working families. This...

Politics & Power: From threats to attacks, growing trend of politically motivated violence highlights dangerous climate

News4Jax - Florida · July 8, 2025

Is the political temperature in America running into the danger zone? Frankly, research and hard data on political violence aren’t readily available, but a growing trend of threats against public officials can’t be ignored. In 2024 alone, U.S....

Guest Column: Peeling back the curtain on climate lawsuits

Yuma Sun - Arizona ·

Under Joe Biden, filing lawsuits against energy producers and accusing them of harming the environment was cool. Under Donald J. Trump’s America First energy policy, not so much. The “David vs. Goliath” narrative has collapsed on the altar of...

Key National Weather Service roles remain vacant in Ohio

The Daily Record - Ohio ·

The National Weather Service offices in Ohio are still missing two-thirds of their leadership teams, according to an NWS document. The Dispatch first reported in May that NWS Wilmington's meteorologist-in-charge role and its science operations...

Punxsutawney Garden Club honored with Keep Pennsylvania Beautiful Community Pride Award

The Courier Express - Pennsylvania ·

PUNXSUTAWNEY — State Rep. Brian Smith recently honored the Punxsutawney Garden Club (PGC) with the Keep Pennsylvania Beautiful Community Pride Award for its unwavering dedication to making Punxsutawney a cleaner, greener and more welcoming place...

Air pollution may be fueling rise in lung cancer among people who have never smoked

Environmental Health News · July 7, 2025

Lung tumors in people who have never smoked show DNA mutations linked to air pollution, suggesting a major environmental role in the disease’s global surge. Ian Sample reports for The Guardian. In short: A global study of 871 never-smokers found a...

Dauphin County public safety is working to determine 'root cause' of 911 outage

WGAL 8 - Pennsylvania · July 19, 2025

Dauphin County public safety is working to determine 'root cause' of 911 outage THOMAS ALONGSIDE METEOROLOGIST MARYELLEN PANN. HI. IT’S GOOD TO HAVE YOU BACK. SO HAPPY TO SEE YOU. SO YESTERDAY WASN’T TOO BAD. HOW’S THE WEATHER SHAPING UP TODAY? IT...

Gary Palmer named chairman of environment subcommittee

Jefferson Reporter - Alabama · July 8, 2025

Alabama’s 6th Congressional District | Alabama’s 6th Congressional District websiteAlabama’s 6th Congressional District | Alabama’s 6th Congressional District website Last week, Brett Guthrie, Chairman of the Energy and Commerce Committee,...

Update: Flood watch issued for Pennsylvania for Tuesday and Wednesday due to excessive rain

Lehigh Valley Live - Pennsylvania · July 8, 2025

On Monday at 10:59 p.m. the National Weather Service released an updated flood watch valid from Tuesday 2 p.m. until Wednesday midnight for Berks, Lehigh, Northampton and Bucks counties. The weather service adds, “Flooding caused by excessive...